DECLAREDLY-DECLINE.

known; to tell explicitly and openly; to publish; to proclaim; to show in open view; to show an opinion in plain terms; to assert; to affirm; to throw off reserve;-v. n. to make a declaration; to proclaim some resolution or opinion in favour or opposition; to make known explicitly. DECLAREDLY, de-kla'red-le, ad. Avowedly; without disguise.

DECLARER, de-kla'rur, s. One who declares or makes known.

Declaration; publica

DECLARING, de-kla'ring, s. tion; exposition. DECLENSION, de-klen'shun, s. (declinatio, Lat.) Tendency from a greater to a less degree of perfection; declination; descent. In Grammar, the inflection of nouns according to their cases, as nominative, genitive, dative, &c. DECLIEUXIA, day-kle-euse'e-a, s. (in honour of M. Declieux, a French gardener.) A genus of plants, consisting chiefly of shrubs, rarely herbs, with leaves opposite or in whorls: Order, Cinchonace. DECLINABLE, de-kli'na-bl, a. That may be declined; having a variety of terminations. DECLINATE, dek'le-nate, a. (declinatus, Lat.) Curved or bent downwards.

DECLINATE, dek'le-nate, s. In Botany, bending downwards.

DECLINATION, dek-le-na'shun, s. Descent; change from a better to a worse state; diminution of vigour; decay; the act of bending down; variation from rectitude; oblique motion; deviation from moral rectitude; variation from a fixed point; obliquity of conduct. In Grammar, the declension or inflection of a noun through its various terminations. Declination of a wall or vertical plane, in Dialing, an arch of the horizon, comprehended either between the plane and the prime vertical, when it is counted from east to west, or between the plane and the meridian, when it is counted from north to south. Declination circles are small circles of the sphere parallel to the equator, in which the stars perform their apparent diurnal revolutions. Declination of a celestial body is the angular distance of the body north or south from the equator; it is measured on the great circle which passes through the centre of the body and the two poles, and is consequently perpendicular to the equator. Declination of the magnetic needle, when the straight line which joins the poles of a magnetic needle does not coincide with the astronomical meridian, but deviates from it more or less either to east or west, the deviation is termed Declination of the Needle.

DECLINATOR, dek-le-na'tur, s. An instrument DECLINATORY, de-klin'a-tur-e, used in dialing,

for taking the declination and inclination of a plane. Declinatory plea, in Law, a plea before trial or conviction.

DECLINATURE, de-klin'a-ture, s. A declining. DECLINE, de-kline', v. n. (declino, Lat.) To lean downward; to deviate; to run into an oblique course; to shun; to avoid the performance of anything; to sink or decay; to be impaired; to refuse; to fall or tend from an exalted or prosperous condition to a less perfect state;-v. a. to bend downward; to bring down; to shun; to avoid; to refuse; to be cautious of; to decay; to sink; to turn from any course or direction; to modity a word by various terminations; to inflect;

DECLIVITY-DECOCTION.

-8. the state or tendency of sinking from a good to an imperfect condition; diminution; decay. DECLIVITY, de-kliv'e-te, s. (declivitas, Lat.) Inclination or obliquity reckoned downwards; gradual descent; not precipitous or perpendicular. DECLIVOUS, de-kli'vus, a. Gradually deDECLIVITOUS, de-kliv'e-tus, scending; not precipitous; not perpendicularly sinking; sloping. DECOCT, de-kokt', v. a. (decoquo, decoctum, Lat.) To prepare by boiling for any use; to digest in hot water; to digest by the heat of the stomach; to boil in water, so as to draw the strength or virtue of anything; to boil up to a consistence; to digest. DECOCTIBLE, de-kok'te-bl, a. That may be boiled, or prepared by boiling.

DECOCTION, de-kok'shun, s. (decoctus, boiled, Lat.) The operation of boiling; the thing boiled or decocted. Decoctum, in Pharmacy, is a solution of the active principles of vegetables obtained by boiling them in water. The Officinal decoctions may be classed into simple and compound preparations. The Simple are-D. alther officinalis, decoction of Marshmallows; used as an emollient fomentation. D. anthemidis nobilis, decoction of Camomile; used in the form of elyster and fomentation. D. cinchon, decoction of (lancifolia) Cinchona. The Decoctum Kina Kine' of the Codex of Paris is only half the strength of ours, but contains an addition of a small quantity of carbonate of potassa. D. cydoniæ, decoction of Quince Seed; recommended as an application to crysipelatous surfaces, in ophthalmia, &c. D. daphnes mezerei, decoction of Mezereon; used for glandular swellings and chronic rheumatism. D. digitalis, decoction of Foxglove; a very improper form for the exhibition of digitalis, being variable in strength. D. dulcamara, decoction of Woody Nightshade, or Bitter-sweet; it is used in cutaneous diseases. D. Geoffreæ inermis, decoction of Cabbage-tree Bark; used in worms. D. glycyr rhizo, decoction of Liquorice; a demulcent, and vehicle for other medicines. D. hamatoxyli, decoction of Logwood; used in diarrhoea, and some cases of dyspepsia. D. hordei, decoction of Barley; used as the compound decoction. D. lichenis, decoction of Iceland-moss, or Liver-wort: it contains the bitter principle of the plant united with its starch; and forms a useful vehicle for more active medicines, as Hydro-cyanic acid, Coniun, &c. D. lobeline, (blue Cardinal Flower of Virginia,) a purgative decoction. D. papaveris, decoction of Poppy; it is used as a fomentation in painful swellings, &c. D. pyrolæ, decoction of Winter Green; used in ascites, rheumatism, and hysteria. D. quercus, decoction of Oak Bark; it is used principally as a local astringent, in the forms of gargle, injection, or lotion. D. sarsuparille, decoction of sarsaparilla; used in secondary syphilis, &c. D. senega, decoction of Senega; used in dropsy, rheumatism, and affections of the lungs, attended with debility and inordinate secretion.' D. taraxici, decoction of Dandelion; used in deficient and irregular action of the hepatic organs. D. ulmi, decoction of Elm Bark; used in lepra and hepatic affections: Willan thinks it has little efficacy. D. veratri, formerly D. hellebori albi, or decoction of White Hellebore; useful as a lotion in scabies, and other cutaneous eruptions. The Compound Decoctions are-D. aloes compositum, compound decoction of Aloes: it resembles the

DECOCTIVE-DECOROUS.

well-known Baume de Vie, but is less purgative. D. guaiaci compositum, compound decoction of Guaiacum; commonly called Decoction of the Woods: it has fallen into disuse, having little power. D. hordei compositum, compound decoction of Barley; an elegant and useful demulcent, with an aperient tendency. The oriental beverage, (Sherbet,) from the Arabic word sherb, to drink, so celebrated in Eastern song, is a decoction of Barley-meal and Sugar, perfumed with roses, orange flower, violet, or citron. D. malvæ comperitum, compound decoction of Mallow; used in clysters and fomentations. D. sarsaparillæ compositum, compound decoction of Sarsaparilla: an imitation of the once celebrated Lisbon Diet Drink. It differs from the Decoct. Guaiaci. Comp. by the addition of the mezereon root, which renders it diaphoretic and alterative. DECOCTIVE, de-kok ́tiv, a. DECOCTURE, de-kok'ture, s. A substance drawn : by decoction.

That may be decocted.

DECOLLATE, de-kollate, v. a. (decollo, Lat.) To bebead.

DECOLLATION, dek-o-la'shun, 8. The act of beheading. DECOLOURATION, de-kul-lur-a'shun, s. (decoloratio, Lat.) Absence of colour. DECOMPLEX, de kom-pleks, a. complex ideas.

DECOROUSLY-DECRETAL.

Lat.) Decent; suitable to a character; becoming; proper; befitting; seemly.

DECOROUSLY, dek'o-rus-le, ad. In a becoming or proper manner. DECORTICATE, de-kawr'te-kate, v. a. (decortico,Lat.) To divest of the bark or husk; to peel; to strip. DECORTICATION, de-kawr-te-ka'shun, s. The act of stripping off the bark or husk. DECORUM, de-ko'rum, s. (Latin.) Propriety of behaviour; ready deference to the laws of good society; suitableness of speech and action; decency, as opposed to levity or licentiousness; seemliness. In Architecture, the suitableness of a building, with its several parts and ornaments, to its position and uses.

DECOMPOSABLE, de-kom-po'za-bl, a. That may be decomposed.

DECOMPOSE, de-kom-poze', v. a. (decomposer, Fr.) To separate the constituent parts; to resolve into ek mmentary principles; to dissolve. DECOMPOSITE, de-kom-poz'it, a. (decompositus, Lat.) Compounded a second time; compounded with things already composite. DECOMPOSITION, de-kom-po-zish'un, s.

That en

tire change of properties which a compound body undergoes, either spontaneously, as in putrefaction, or from chemical affinity, by which its elements are disengaged and enter into new combinations.

DECOMPOUND, de-kom-pownd', v. a. To compose of things already compounded; to compound a second time; to form by a second composition; to resolve a compound into simple parts;-(seldom used in the last sense);-a. composed of things or words already compounded; compounded a second time. In Botany, a leaf is said to be decompe and when it is twice or thrice pinnate; a panicle, when its branches are also panicled, &c. DECOMPOUNDABLE, de kom-pown'da-bl, a. Liable | to, or that may be dissolved. DECORAMENT.-See Decoration.

DECOY, de-koy', v. a. (kooi, Dut.) To lure into a snare; to entrap; to lead by artifice into a dangerous position;-8. any lure intended to ensnare; any allurement which deceives and misleads into mischief or danger. Among Sportsmen, a place for catching wild fowl. Decoy-duck, a duck trained to decoy others into a place where they may be caught. Decoy-mun, a man employed in ensnaring and catching wild fowls.

DECREASE, de-krese', v. n. (decresco, Lat.) To grow less; to be diminished ;-v. a. to make less; to diminish; s. the state of growing less; decay; the wane; the time when the visible face of the moon grows less.

DECREE, de-kre', 8. (decretum, Lat.) Judicial determination of a case in law; an edict; the order of an authoritative power; an established rule; a law; an ordinance enacted by any council for the government of others. In Law, the judgment of a court of equity on any bill preferred, and may be interlocutory or final. In Theology, the predetermined purpose of God;-v. n. to make an edict; to appoint by edict; to establish by law; to determine; to resolve;-v. a. to doom or assign by a decree.

DECREMENT, dek're-ment, s. (decrementum, Lat.) Decrease; the state of growing less; the quantity lost by decreasing. In Heraldry, the wane of the moon from the full to the new, the moon in this state is called moon decrescent, or in decours. Decrement equal of life, a term in the doctrine of annuities, denoting that out of a certain number of lives there should be an equal number decrease within a given number of years

DECREPIT, de-krep'it, a. (decrepitus, Lat.) Wasted and worn out with age; broken down by the infirmities of old age; in the last stage of decay. DECREPITATE, de-krep'e-tate, v. a. (decrepo, Lat.) To roast or calcine a salt or other matter till it has ceased to crackle.

ling noise which several salts make when suddenly heated, accompanied by a violent exfoliation of their particles.

DECREPITNESS, de-krep'it-nes, s. The last stage DECREPITUDE, de-krep'e-tude, of decay; the last effects of old age. DECRESCENT, de-kres'sent, a. (decrescens, Lat.) Growing less; being in a state of decrease. DECRETAL, de-kre'tal, a. Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree;-8. a letter of the Pope determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law; the decretals compose the second part of the canon law; a book of decrees or edicts; a body of laws.

DECRETORY, dek're-tur-e, a. Judicial; definitive; critical; in which there is some definitive event. DECREW, de-kroo', v. n. To decrease.-Obsolete. Sir Arthegal renewed Ilis strength still more, but she still more decrewed.Spenser. DECRIAL, de-kri'al, s. Clamorous censure; hasty or noisy condemnation; concurrence in censuring anything.

DECRIER, de-kri'ur, s. One who censures hastily or clamorously.

DECROWNING, de-krown'ing, s. The act of depriving of a crown.

DECRUSTATION, de-krus-ta'shun, s. An uncrusting; a removal of the crust or outmost rind. DECRY, de-kri', v. a. (decrier, Fr.) To censure; to blame clamorously; to clamour against; to cry down; to bring into disrepute.

DECTICUS, dek'te-kus, s. (dektikos, capacious, Gr.) A genus of insects belonging to the Locustina or Locust family.

DECUBATION, dek-u-ba'shun, 8. (decumbo, Lat.) The act of lying down.

DECUMARIA, de-ku-ma're-a, s. (dekuma, a tenth, Gr. in reference to the tenfold structure of some of the flowers.) A genus of plants, consisting of Sarmontose shrubs with glabrous leaves and white sweet-scented flowers: Order, Philadelphaceæ. DECUMBENCE, de-kum'bens, 8. (decumbens, DECUMBENCY, de-kum'ben-se, Lat.) The act of lying down; the posture of lying down. DECUMBENT, de-kum'bent, a. Iying or leaning;

recumbent.

DECUMBENTLY, de-kum'bent-le, ad. In a decumbent manner.

DECUMBITURE, de-kum'be-ture, s. The time at which a person takes to his bed in a discase. In Astrology, the appearance or aspect of the heavens, by which the prognostics of recovery or death are discovered.

DECUPLE, dek'u-pl, a. (decuplus, Lat.) Tenfold; the same number ten times repeated ;-8. a number ten times repeated ;-v. a. to make tenfold. DECURION, de-ku're-un, s. (decurio, Lat.) An officer in the ancient Roman ariny who commanded a company of ten men. DECURRENT, de-kur'rent, a. (decurrens, Lat.) Running downwards. In Botany, a leaf is said to be decurrent when it extends down the leaf, stalk,

or stem.

DECURRENTLY, de-kur'rent-le, ad. In a manner extending downwards.

At the

DECURIONES, de-ku-re-o'nes, s. (Latin.) A name anciently given to certain persons, who corresponded to the Senate at Rome, in the Roman towns and Italian colonies which enjoyed free municipal rights; the whole administration of the internal affairs of such places being in their hands. head of the body were two duumveri or presidents, who were chosen by the citizens. DECURSION, de-kur ́shun, s. (decursio, Lat.) The act of running down, as a stream. DECURSIVE, de-kur'siv, a. Running down. DECURSIVELY, de-kur'siv-le, ad. In a decursive

DECURT-DEDUCE.

manner. Decursively-pinnate, applied to leaves which have their leaflets decurrent, or running along the petiole.

DECURT, de-kurt', v. a. (decurto, Lat.) To abridge; to shorten. Obsolete.

With reverend curtsies come, and to him bring Thy free, and not decurted, oilering.—Herrick. DECURTATION, de-kur-ta'shun, s. The act of cutting short, or shortening.

DECUSSATE, de-kus'sate, v. a. (decusso, Lat.) To intersect at acute angles; to cross as lines. In Botany, leaves and branches are said to be decussate or decussated when two right lines cross cach other at right angles, forming a kind of square, or four right angles. DECUSSATELY, de-kus'sate-le, ad. In a decussate manner. In Botany, leaves are said to be decussately-opposite when they are opposite and form right lines, crossing each other at right angles and forming a square.

DECUSSATION, de-kus-sa'shun, s. A term used in Geometry, Optics, and Anatomy, to signify the crossing of any two lines, rays, or nerves, when they meet in a point, and then go on separately from one another.

DECUSSORIUM, de-kus-so're-um, s. A surgical instrument used for pressing gently on the dura mater, causing an evacuation of the pus collected between the cranium and that meinbrane, through the perforation made by the trepan. DEDALIAN, de-da'le-an, a. Various; intricate; DEDALOUS, ded'a-lus, variegated. In Botany, applied to leaves of a delicate texture, whose margin is marked by various intricate windings. DEDECORATE, de-dek'o-rate, v. a. (dedecoro, Lat.) To disgrace; to bring reproach upon.-Obsolete. The act of

DEDECORATION, de-dek-o-ra'shun, s. disgracing; disgrace. DEDECOROUS, de-dek'o-rus, a. Disgraceful; reproachful; shameful. DEDENTITION, de-den-tish'un, s. Loss or shedding of the teeth.

DEDICATE, ded'e-kate, v. a. (dedico, Lat.) To consecrate or set apart to the Divine Being, or for soine sacred use; to appropriate solemnly to any person or purpose; to inscribe to a patron;-a. devoted; consecrated; appropriated.

DEDICATEE, ded-e-ka-te', s. One to whom a thing is dedicated. DEDICATION, ded-e-ka'shun, 8. The act of dedicating to any being or purpose; consecration; solemn appropriation; an address to a patron. DEDICATOR, ded'e-kay-tur, s. One who dedicates; one who inscribes a work to a patron. DEDICATORY, ded'e-kay-tur-e, a Composing a dedication; complimental.

DEDITION, de-dish'un, s. (deditio, Lat.) The act of yielding up anything. DEDOLATION, de-do-la'shun, 8. (dedolatio, Lat.) Literally, hewing or chipping. In Surgery, the action whereby a cutting instrument, applied obliquely to any part of the body, inflicts an oblique wound, with loss of substance. DEDOLENT, de-do'lent, a. (dedoleo, Lat.) Feeling no sorrow or compunction. DEDUCE, de-duse', v. a. (deduco, Lat.) To draw from in a regular connected series; to form a regular chain of consequential propositions; to draw ficin in reasoning; to infer from some

DEDUCEMENT-DEEPDRAWING.

DEEPEN-DEFALCATE.

DEDUCTION, de-duk'shun, s. (deductio, Lat.) The act of deducting; consequence; proposition drawn from principles premised; that which is deducted; inference; conclusion.

DEDUCTIVE, de-duk'tiv, a. Deducible; that which is or may be deduced from a position premised. DEDUCTIVELY, de-duk'tiv-le, ad. Consequentially; by regular deduction; by a regular train of ratiocination.

DEED, deed, 8. (dad, Sax.) Action, whether good or bad; that which is done; exploit; performance; power of action; agency; fact; reality, as opposed to fiction: whence the word indeed. In Law, an instrument in writing or in print, upon paper er parchment, comprehending the terms of agreement between parties able to contract, duly sealed and delivered. Deed-poll, in Law, a deed made by one party only, and not indented, beginning generally with these words, 'Know all men by these presents that I,' &c. Deed or in Law, contracts or agreements are said to be in deed when entered into expressly by the parties themselves; and in law when they arrive by construction of the law out of the relative position of the parties. DEEDLESS, deed'les, a. Inactive; without action. DEEDY, deed'e, a. Active; industrious.-Obsolete. DEEM, deem, v. n. (deman, Sax.) To judge; to conclude upon consideration; to think; to opine; to estimate;-v. a. to judge; to determine; to imagine; to suppose ;-s. judgment; surmise; opinion.-Obsolete as a substantive.

Hear me, my love, be thou but true of heart.

I true! how now what wicked deem is this?—
Shaks.

DEEMSTERS, deem'sturs, s. pl. (dema, a judge, Sax.) A name given to certain judges in the Isle of Man who decide cases without any process or writings, and make no charge for so doing on the parties concerned.

DEEP, deep, a. (deop, Sax.) Having length downwards; descending far; profound, opposed to shallow; low in situation; not high; measured from the surface downward; entering far; piercing a great way; far from the outer part; not superficial; not obvious; sagacious; penetrating; having the power to enter far into a subject; full of contrivance; politic; insidious; grave; solemn; dark-coloured; having a great degree of stillness, gloom, or sadness; depressed; sunk; metaphorically, low; bass; grave in sound;-s. the sea; the main; the abyss of waters; the ocean; the most solemn or still part; that which is profound or not easily fathomed.

DEEPDRAWING, deep'draw-ing, a. Sinking deep

into the water.

below the surface; to darken; to cloud; to make dark; to make sad or gloomy; to make more intense or poignant ;-v. n. to descend gradually; to grow deep. DEEPLAID, deep'lade, a. Formed with profound skill and cunning.

DEEPLY, deep'le, ad. To a great depth; far below the surface; with great study or sagacity; not carelessly or superficially; profoundly; sorrowfully; solemnly; with a great degree of seriousness or sadness; with a tendency to darkness of colour; to a great degree. DEEPMOUTHED, deep'mowthd, a. loud voice.

Having a hoarse

Thinking pro

DEEPMUSING, deep'mu-zing, a.
foundly; contemplative.
DEEPNESS, deep'nes, s. Depth far below the sur-
face; profundity; insidiousness; craft.
DEEPREAD, deep'red, a. Profoundly versed or read.
DEEPREVOLVING, deep're-volv'ing, a. Profoundly
meditating.

DEEPSCARRED, deep'skård, a. Having deep scars.
DEEPSOUNDING, deep'sownd-ing, a. Having a low
sound.
With deep

DEEPTHROATED, deep'thro-ted, a.

sounds from the throat. DEEPTONED, deep'tonde, a. Having a very low or grave tone. Formed like a

DEEPVAULTED, deep'vawlt-ed, a. deep vault or arch. DEEPWAISTED, deep'waste-ed, a. Having a deep waist, as a ship, when the quarter-deck and forecastle are raised from four to six feet above the level of the main deck.

DEER, deer, s. (deor, Sax.) The English name for the Ruminating quadrupeds which have deciduous horns or antlers.-See Cervus.

DEERINGIA, deer-inj'e-a,_s. (in memory of Dr. Charles Deerington, an English botanical writer.) A genus of plants, consisting of weak shrubs with terminal spikes of flowers: Order, Amaranthaceæ. DEERSTEALER, deer'ste-lur, s. One who steals deer. DEERSTEALING, deer'ste-ling, s. The act or crime of stealing deer.

DEESIS, de-e'sis, s. (Greek.) In Rhetoric, an invocation; a supplication; an entreaty.

DEESS, de'es, s. (deesse, Fr.) A goddess.-Obsolete. DEFACE, de-fase', v. a. (de, and facio, Lat.) To

destroy or erase; to ruin; to disfigure; to injure the superficies, or beauty. DEFACEMENT, de-fase'ment, s. Violation; injury; obliteration; erasure. DEFACER, de-fa'sur, 8. or disfigures.

One who injures, destroys,

DEFACINGLY, de-fa'sing-le, ad. In a defacing

DEFALCATE, de-fal'kate, v. a. (defalquer, Fr.) To

DEFALCATION-DEFEASANCE.

cut off; to lop; to take away part of a pension or salary: chiefly used of money. DEFALCATION, def-fal-ka'shun, s.

Diminution;

abatement; deduction of any part of a customary allowance.

DEFALK.-See Defalcate.

DEFAMATION, def-fa-ma'shun, s. The act of defaming or bringing infamy upon another; calumny; reproach; censure; detraction. In Law, thespeaking slanderous words of another. The party slandered may bring an action against the slanderer, to recover damages; but in order to enable him to succeed, it necessary that the words alleged to have been spoken, should express an imputation of some crime or misdemeanour which would make him liable to punishment, or that they should have seriously affected him in business or professional reputation.

DAFAMATORY, de-fam'ma-tur-e, a. Caluminious; tending to defame; unjustly censorious; libellous; falsely satirical.

DEFAME, de-fame', v. a. (diffamer, Fr.) To make infamous; to censure falsely; to deprive of honour; to dishonour by false and malicious reports; to destroy reputation by acts or words;-s. disgrace; dishonour.-Obsolete as a substantive.

Thy chastity and virtue hath infus'd
Another soul in me, red with defame,
For in my blushing cheeks is seen my shame.-
London Prodigal.

DEFAMER, de-fa'mur, s. One who injures the reputation of another; a detracter; a calumniator. DEFAMING, de-fa'ming, s. Defamation; the act of reproaching or slandering others.

DEFEASIBLE-DEFEND.

ditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated. A defcasance, on a bond, or a recognizance, or a judginent recovered, is a condition which, when performed, defeats it. A defeasance differs from the common condition of a bond, in being a separate deed, whereas a common condition is inserted in the bond itself.Blackstone;-the writing containing a defeasance; defeat.-Obsolete in the last sense.

DEFEASIBLE, de-fe'ze-bl, a. That may be annulled or abrogated. DEFEASIBLENESS, de-feʼze-bl-nes, s. The quality of being defeasible. DEFEAT, de-fete', s. (defaite, Fr.) Overthrow of an army; act of destruction; deprivation; frustration; successful resistance, as the defeat of an attack;-r. a. to overthrow; to undo; to frustrate; to render null and void; to resist successfully; to change; to alter.-Obsolete in the last

two senses.

Put money in thy purse; follow these wars; defeat thy favour with an usurped beard.-Shaks. DEFEATURE, de-fe'ture, s. Change of feature; alteration of countenance; overthrow; defeat.— Obsolete in the last two senses.

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Have you acquainted her with the defeature Of the Carthaginians?-Massinger. DEFECATE, def'e-kate, v. a. (defœco, Lat.) purify; to cleanse; to purge liquors from lees or foulness; to purify from any extraneous or noxious mixture; to brighten; to clear;-a. purified; freed from lees or foulness. DEFECATION, def-e-ka'shun, s. or purifying; purification.

The act of clearing

or defaming manner.

DEFATIGABLE, de-fat'e-ga-bl, a. Liable to be weary or tired.

DEFATIGATE, de-fat'c-gate, v. a. (defùtigo, Lat.) To weary or tire.

DEFATIGATION, de-fat-e-ga'slun, s. Weariness; fatigue. Seldom used.

I soon find an unavoidable defatigation in all things. -Bishop Hall.

DEFAULT, de-fawlt', s. (defaut, Fr.) A failing, or failure; an omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requiresas, this evil has happened through the governor's default; neglect; crime; defect; want; fault. A default or fault may be a crime, a vice, or a mere defect, according to the nature of the duty omitted. In Law, when the defendant omits to plead or put in his answer in the time limited for that purpose by the court, the plaintiff is entitled to sign judgment against him, which is thence called a judgment by default ;—v. n. to offend, or fail in performing a contract;-. a. to fail in performing any contract or stipulation; to forfeit by breaking a stipulation.

DEFAULTED, de-fawlt'ed, a. Having defect; called out of court, as a defendant or his cause. DEFAULTER, de-fawlt'ur, s. One who makes default; one who fails to appear when called; one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care.

DEFEASANCE, de-fe'zans, s. (defesance, Norm.) In Law, a condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment or other conveyance, containing con

DEFECTION, de-fek'shun, s. (defectio, Lat.) Want; failure; a falling away; apostasy; the act of abandoning any person or cause to which we had been previously attached, or pledged to; revolt. DEFECTIVE, de-fektiv, a. (defectivus, Lat.) Wanting the just quantity or quality; full of defects; imperfect; not sufficient; not adequate to the purpose; faulty; vicious; blameable. Defective noun, in Grammar, an indeclinable noun, or such as wants a number, or some particular case. fective verb, a verb which wants some of its tenses. Defective fifth, in Music, an interval containing a semitone less than the perfect fifth: it is also termed a seinidiapente, and flat, lesser, or diminished fifth.

De

DEFECTIVELY, de-fek'tiv-le, ad. In a defective

manner.

DEFECTIVENESS, de-fek'tiv-nes, s. Want; the state of being imperfect; faultiness. DEFECTUOSITY, de-fek-tu-os'e-te, s. Imperfection; faultiness.-Obsolete.

Those acts, wherein man conceives some perfection, are, in the sight of God, defectuosities.-W. Montagu. DEFECTUOUS, de-fek ́tu-us, a. Full of defects; not sufficient.

DEFEDATION.-See Defoedation.

DEFEND, de-fend', v. a. (defendo, Lat.) To stand